Center for Applied Linguistics

Using the SIOP Model: Professional Development Manual for Sheltered Instruction – Updated and Expanded Edition
This new edition of CAL SIOP's professional development manual is designed to assist teacher educators, staff developers, and leaders at the school, district, and state levels as they prepare teachers of English language learners to use the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model. Learn more.

Helping Newcomer Students Succeed in Secondary Schools and Beyond
This report, based on a 3-year national research study funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has been written for educators and policy makers to focus attention on newcomer adolescent English language learners at the middle and high school grades and to communicate promising practices for serving their educational and social needs. Learn more.

Webinar on Exemplary Programs for Newcomer English Learners
Join Deborah Short for this webinar hosted by the National Charter School Resource Center. Thursday, February 23, 2012, 3:00–4:00 pm Eastern.
Visit the NCSRC website to learn more and register.

What's Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English book display Teaching Reading to English Language Learners – Summer 2012 Institutes
CAL’s experienced staff specializes in using research-based, effective practices to improve educational outcomes for preK-12 English language learners. Spend 3 days in Washington, DC, at one of our What’s Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? Institutes.

Training of Trainers Institute
June 6 - 8, 2012

Learn more and register.

Direct Strategies Institute
July 11 - 13, 2012

SOPA Online Training Courses Set for January 2012
SOPA Online Training courses teach participants how to administer and rate students' oral language using the SOPA (Student Oral Proficiency Assessment) or the ELLOPA (Early Language Listening and Oral Proficiency Assessment).

Registration is open for the January 2012 Moderated Introduction to the SOPA and Rating the SOPA online courses. Learn more and register.

Materials from the 2011 CREATE Conference are Now Available
CREATE’s capstone conference highlighted current research on methods for building literacy skills and oral language development for English language learners across the content areas. PowerPoint presentations and handouts from the conference are now available. Learn more.

New CREATE Brief Now Available Online

The SIOP Model: A Professional Development Framework for a Comprehensive School-Wide Intervention
This brief describes individual interventions that CREATE researchers tested in middle school science, social studies, and language arts classrooms with English language learners over the course of the 2005-2009 school years. Read the brief or download the PDF.

TIRF 2012 Doctoral Dissertation Grants Competition Announced

TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is seeking applications from qualified doctoral candidates for proposals related to TIRF's research priorities. Awards are funded up to $5,000 and are open to students in doctoral programs from around the world. The deadline is May 14, 2012. Learn more.